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as if to debunk the need for government. the speeches, in fact, captured the disdain that romney encouraged for all things governmental until his recent late night conversation to moderate mitt. well i have a slight re reformulation of the question for the folks who live in the path of sandy. who rebuilt that? who will be there to help fix the critical infrastructure that sandy crippled. suddenly chris christie is appreciate of fema funding the same agency that the romney-ryan budget would utterly decimate. suddenly even republicans are talking respectfully of the need for the mass transit system to work, for bridges to be reopened for all the government actions and investment that were heretofore were mere impediments in their view to the private sector. it's too bad that it takes a tragedy like sandy to get some folks to appreciate the essential role that government investments play in our society. but maybe after the storm has passed, and the election has faded at least a week or two in our memories we can agree that gove
as if to debunk the need for government. the speeches, in fact, captured the disdain that romney encouraged for all things governmental until his recent late night conversation to moderate mitt. well i have a slight re reformulation of the question for the folks who live in the path of sandy. who rebuilt that? who will be there to help fix the critical infrastructure that sandy crippled. suddenly chris christie is appreciate of fema funding the same agency that the romney-ryan budget would...
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they don't believe in the government. they don't believe in it. why in the world would we put them in charge of it. look at what romney said, after all the problems under the last republican president under fema, i don't know, why don't we privatize it and make money off it ha, ha, ha. not interested. right before the election he said he's very sympathetic and cares a lot about the storm. quote, out of sensitivity for the millions of americans in the path of hurricane sandy we're canceling tonight's events with governor romney in wisconsin and also canceling all events currently scheduled for both governor romney and congressman ryan on tuesday. governor romney believes this is a time for the nation's leaders to focus on those americans who are in harm's way. we will provide additional details with regarding governor romney's schedule when they are available. he also added my campaign will be run by the big oil companies. if i'm president you can expect a lot more of these kinds of storms over the next four years because i don't give a dam about c
they don't believe in the government. they don't believe in it. why in the world would we put them in charge of it. look at what romney said, after all the problems under the last republican president under fema, i don't know, why don't we privatize it and make money off it ha, ha, ha. not interested. right before the election he said he's very sympathetic and cares a lot about the storm. quote, out of sensitivity for the millions of americans in the path of hurricane sandy we're canceling...
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Nov 2, 2012
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because mitch mcconnell and john boehner brought governance to a halt, their only principle was to say no to the white house, we should now serve up mitt romney as their chosen negotiating partner? such is the logic of the amazingly cynical and disappointing columnists to. read the des moines register endorsement of romney is to read a logic that would have justified neville chamberlain apiecement of the nazis. cave to the entity that refuses to negotiate and then blame the party that does stand on proper principle yet still tried in good faith to negotiate a deal for the public good. such skewed logic is horrific to read. credit ezra klein and some others for shining the light on this and shame on those who are rewarding the worst form of politics we've seen in many presidential cycles and the politicians whose campaigns have neither the guts nor will to speak truth to the public about their views on the tough issues we face. that's my view. what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. >> eliot: it seems like an odd thing to have to point out. but it's
because mitch mcconnell and john boehner brought governance to a halt, their only principle was to say no to the white house, we should now serve up mitt romney as their chosen negotiating partner? such is the logic of the amazingly cynical and disappointing columnists to. read the des moines register endorsement of romney is to read a logic that would have justified neville chamberlain apiecement of the nazis. cave to the entity that refuses to negotiate and then blame the party that does...
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you have a telephoto lens, maybe you would see deals cut in shadows and back rooms with contributions government unions control politicians. it is killing california. 11% unemployment. high taxes. lavish pensions. billions in waste. $50 billion a year on education but among the worst performing schools. cut the money tie between special interest lobbyists and career politicians. put people back in charge. yes on prop 32. >> cenk: it sounds like it is anti-corporation, right? no funded by the corporations. in fact, it is pushed by this group called the lincoln club of orange county who also pushed citizens united. you know why they're doing this? and actually it doesn't affect corporations at all. they use their general treasury. what it does is it affects unions. the real purpose is to cripple labor unions politically. according to the "l.a. times". they do deception for a living. they do it professionally. so they have something that helps corporations. they run ads saying oh, can you believe those naughty corporations? let's go get those guys. they know what they're doing. and the problem is t
you have a telephoto lens, maybe you would see deals cut in shadows and back rooms with contributions government unions control politicians. it is killing california. 11% unemployment. high taxes. lavish pensions. billions in waste. $50 billion a year on education but among the worst performing schools. cut the money tie between special interest lobbyists and career politicians. put people back in charge. yes on prop 32. >> cenk: it sounds like it is anti-corporation, right? no funded by...